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State-Directed Payments, Value-Based Care, and the “One Big Beautiful” Bill: A Comprehensive Analysis

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Among the many sweeping changes to the Medicaid program included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”), Congress established new statutory caps on state-directed payments (“SDPs”) in Medicaid managed care. SDPs have...more

King & Spalding

CMS Will Likely Stop Funding Certain State Medicaid Programs

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CMS announced this month that it does not anticipate using federal funds to match state funds for designated state health programs (DSHP) and designated state investment programs (DSIP) under its section 1115 demonstration...more

Stevens & Lee

U.S. HHS Announces Closure of Six Regional Locations of the Office of the General Counsel

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On March 11, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced plans for a “reorganization of the Office of the General Counsel” (OGC) “[a]s part of the department’s ongoing efforts to advance the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

HHS to Close 6 of 10 Regional OGC Offices, With Potentially Significant Impacts on Providers and Suppliers

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On Tuesday, March 11, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced plans to close six of the nation’s 10 regional offices for the HHS Office of the General Counsel (“OGC”). These closures, which...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Massachusetts Health Care Act Dies at the End of Legislative Session But Previews Sweeping Changes for the Health Care Industry

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The Massachusetts legislative session officially closed on August 1, 2024 after an unusual half day extension. The 193rd legislative session left many omnibus bills unpassed, including S.B. 2881, “an Act enhancing the market...more

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Fast Five: Important Law and Policy Updates for US Health Care Transactions

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With the end of the first quarter of 2024, we highlight five developments, changes, or challenges that health systems, hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, physician practices, health insurers, and other health care providers,...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Massachusetts AG Announces Creation of New Elder Justice Unit, Appoints Experienced Health Care Prosecutor As Head

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Massachusetts Attorney General (AG) Andrea Joy Campbell announced the creation of a new Elder Justice Unit, which will use existing resources to protect and promote the safety and well-being of elders through enforcement...more

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Health Care Weekly Preview from ML Strategies – November 2018 #3

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On Friday, the news came out that Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) would move back to chair the Finance Committee, leaving the top post at the Senate Judiciary Committee. Grassley led the Senate Finance Committee (SFC) Republicans...more

Carlton Fields

The New “Price” of U.S. Health Care: The Future of Value-based Reimbursement Under President-elect Trump and Tom Price

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The total U.S. health care expenditure was $3.2 trillion in 2015, and is projected to grow to nearly $5.6 trillion by 2025. As our nation’s cost of care rises, both Democrats and Republicans recognize the overwhelming need to...more

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Obama Signs 21st Century Cures Act, Adding $6.3 Billion For Medical Research

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The Cures Act aims to increase the speed by which new drugs are brought to market by streamlining clinical trials, allowing the use of patient data in the regulatory review process, and modernizing U.S. Food and Drug...more

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